Stalk-raising device for reaping-machines.



No. e5a,|33. Patenfed sept. la, |900.

\ E. ULLMANN.

STALK RAISING DEVICE FOR REAPING MACHINES.

(Application led OctVll, 1899,)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST ULLMANN, OF DOMINIUM BUCHHOLZ-NEAR-DROSSEN, GERMANY.

STALK-RAISING DEVICE FOR REAPING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. -658,133, datedseptember 18, 1900. Application led October ll, 1899. Serial No. 733,302. (N model.)

in Stalk-Raising Devices for Reaping-Ma-` chines, of which the following is a specifica-Y tion. l It is the object of my invention to provid means for preventing the cutter-bar of a reaping-machine from injuring the ears of grain when the stalks carrying said ears are bent down or lie approximately parallel with the ground over which the reaping machine moves.

My invention includes bars arranged adjacent to the finger-bar of the reaping-machine, said bars being joined at their front ends and adapted to separate the stalks, the rear ends of the bars being in staggered relation to form a grating which will support the ears of grain in a plane above the cutter-bar, and thus prevent the same from being damaged.

My invention includes other features hereinafter pointed out.

In the drawings, Figure l is a cross-sectional view of the finger-beam with myinvention in place. Fig. 2 is a plan view of part of a finger-beam with my invention in place. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, respectively, with the parts in a slightly-different position from that shownl in said figures.

In the drawings, d is the finger-beam, cthe fingers projecting therefrom,.and c' the cutter-bar.

My improvements comprise the bars a. b, which extend over the fingers c and the cutter, inclining downwardly tothe front, where each two of the bars a b are joined together. The forward point a of the attachment is below the plane of the cutter-bar, and as the reaper advances t-he said points entering below the inclined stalks will cause them to ride along the upwardly-inclined or arched edges of the bars, thus lifting the' ears of grain up out of the way of the cutter-bar and preventing all possibility of damage thereto. The bars a and b diverge rearwardly from their forward point of junction, as in Fig. 2, and their rear ends therefore lie in staggered relation, forming a close grating to support the ears against falling down. The front ends of each pair of bars ab being joined present wide spaces between the adjacent pairs, so as to receive the stalks.

Each pair of bars a b is carried by a bar c, which is pivoted in ears to a plate g, adapted to beadjusted in grooves formed in rails lo l, bolted at m to the under side of the fingerbeam d. The bar e has at its rea'r end be yond the pivot anose h,which, bearing against the under side of the plate g, limits the downward movement of the bar e, but allows said bar to swing upwardly on its pivot in case of obstructions, such as small stones, striking against the front end of the bar e, which is curved at e to ride over such obstructions. The plates g are adjustable., and each plate carries a bar e, which in turn carries a pair of bars a b. By adjusting the plates the distance between the front ends of the pairs of bars c b may be changed, Fig. 2 showing, for instance, aclose arrangement of said bars, and Fig. 4 an arrangement in which thebars have been more widely separated. The plates when adjusted along the finger-beam can be fixed in position by pins o, passing down through the openings p in the finger-beam 'ends in a plane above the finger-bar, the

front ends of the bars c. and b'being joined while their rear ends are in diiferent vertical planes or in staggered relation, substantially as described.

2. In combination, the nger-bar, the bars ct and b projecting forward in relation to the finger-bar, the guide-bars la, Z, attached to the finger-bar, the plate g guided to move in the bars lo, Z, and a hinged connection between the bars c, b, and theplates g, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses;

v ERNST ULLMANN. Witnesses:

HENRY HASPEE, WOLDEMAR HAUPT. 

